Riot

Early that morning, under Family Head Su Peng's lead, a group of Su Family clansmen followed an old man to the Medicine Garden. From afar, he appeared to be an elderly man with grizzled hair, a face full of wrinkles, and an exceedingly profound aura.

Seeking dragons and fixing acupoints was a tedious task. On top of that, constructing the formation for a blessed land would take a long time.

Thus, after staying at the Medicine Garden for half a day, Family Head Su Peng left and returned to Jiang City.

Su Yu merely took a distant glance when the old man arrived, then continued with his daily work and cultivation at the Medicine Garden.

For a first-tier Earth Master to seek dragons, fix acupoints, and construct a blessed land, it would take at least a month.

If things went slowly, it could even take two or three months.

He was not particularly curious, and he understood Earth Masters well enough. There was no need to pay too much attention to it.

Because of the Earth Master's arrival, the Lineage's only female elder, Fourth Elder Su Ruosu, came to the Medicine Garden to guard it alongside Third Elder.

The Spirit Vein was the Su Family's most important matter going forward. There could be no carelessness.

Half a month after the Earth Master arrived, inside a house.

Su Yu was grinding Beast Luring Powder. During this period, he had gathered several batches of sufficiently aged materials, intending to see whether he could hunt a Late Rank 1 Earth Rock Rat.

He had tried before, but unfortunately, he had failed to lure one out.

"I'll try again tonight." Su Yu increased the dosage. The Lineage had already begun searching for the Spirit Vein's core and constructing the blessed land.

So he wondered whether he should hunt more Earth Rock Rats lately. It would be best if he could completely wipe out all the Earth Rock Rats from this Spirit Vein.

As his Body Refining Technique cultivation improved, Earth Rock Rats were no longer much help to him.

At most, he could earn a few spirit stones from the Lineage to use for cultivation.

And it was foreseeable that in a little over a year, he would leave the Medicine Garden and take a master to become an alchemy apprentice.

Naturally, he could not leave those Earth Rock Rats alive.

He refined a full twenty portions of Beast Luring Powder. Five of them even contained materials sufficient to lure and hunt Late Rank 1 Earth Rock Rats.

When the night grew deep, Su Yu quietly left his house and arrived at a secluded part of the Medicine Garden.

He set down twenty portions of Spirit Rice mixed with Beast Luring Powder across several different locations.

Just as he was about to return to his house and wait, he suddenly caught a faint, almost imperceptible scent drifting through the air.

The smell was somewhat familiar. It resembled Beast Luring Powder, yet was also different.

"What is this?" Su Yu frowned lightly, puzzled.

"Ring!"

Boom!

Su Yu had only made it halfway when a piercing bell-like hum rang throughout the entire Medicine Garden. As the sound spread, the ground across the garden gave a faint shudder.

Sensing the disturbance, even though Su Yu did not know what was happening, he knew that something was about to go wrong in the Medicine Garden!

Su Yu's expression changed. He had been about to rush back to the main estate, where Third Elder and Fourth Elder were stationed, along with all the Su Family cultivators in the Medicine Garden. It was the safest place in the garden.

If even that place was unsafe, then he would be even less safe here.

But before he could go far, bursts of rat screeches rang out from all parts of the Medicine Garden.

The ground near Su Yu suddenly split open as two Earth Rock Rats burrowed out. One was over a foot long, an Early Rank 1 Monster Beast with a rather powerful aura. The other barely reached two feet and had already attained the level of a mid-stage First Order Monster Beast.

Under the dim moonlight, the two Earth Rock Rats that emerged were enraged. Their eyes turned blood-red, and their auras grew incomparably violent.

"Squeak squeak squeak!!!"

The moment they emerged.

Sensing Su Yu's Human Race aura, the two Earth Rock Rats immediately charged at him.

Their dark fur blended completely into the night. The Earth Rock Rats were incredibly fast, reaching Su Yu in the blink of an eye.

But the next instant, the eyes of the two Earth Rock Rat Monster Beasts suddenly widened.

Their fur stood on end as though they had encountered some terrifying ferocious beast, and their bodies trembled uncontrollably in terror.

Buzz!

Within Su Yu's body, the power of his Body Refining Technique, hidden deep within his flesh, erupted in an instant. Bloodlight wrapped around his clenched fists.

A hazy bloody glow enveloped his whole body. Beneath the night sky, he seemed like a giant crocodile demon that had become a spirit, swinging its claws.

Bang! Bang!

His two fists instantly struck the two Earth Rock Rats.

Intimidated by the aura emanating from Su Yu, the Earth Rock Rats did not even dare dodge. Their bodies trembled in horror as they took the two punches head-on.

Blood burst into a mist, and the sound of bones shattering inside the Earth Rock Rats could be heard. The rats were sent flying dozens of yards through the night, smashing into another patch of Medicine Fields. Dirt sprayed everywhere, leaving behind two craters.

The two Earth Rock Rats, including the mid-stage First Order Monster Beast, instantly lost all breath, killed with a single punch each.

Only after killing the two Earth Rock Rat Monster Beasts did Su Yu observe the situation throughout the Medicine Garden. The moment he did, his heart skipped another beat.

"Squeak squeak squeak!!!"

From all four directions of the Medicine Garden came the enraged, piercing cries of Earth Rock Rats.

It seemed that the entire Earth Rock Rat beast pack within the Spirit Vein had been provoked and lured out. At that moment, countless Monster Beasts were rushing toward the main estate.

Although Su Yu had occasionally hunted Earth Rock Rats over the past year or so, the number that had burst out of the ground at this moment was at least two hundred.

There were even several Late Rank 1 Earth Rock Rats with exceedingly terrifying auras.

Seeing those fearsome Earth Rock Rat Monster Beasts leading the charge toward the main estate, Su Yu's pupils contracted sharply, and anger rose in his heart. Someone triggered an Earth Rock Rat beast pack riot? Who was it?

In that instant, one suspect after another surfaced in Su Yu's mind.

First was the Earth Master who had recently arrived at the Medicine Garden, along with his several apprentice disciples.

Second was the Lin Family.

Lastly, there might be a traitor within their Su Family.

Yet those thoughts only flashed through Su Yu's mind. Seeing countless Earth Rock Rat Monster Beasts assaulting the estate, his expression changed. Gritting his teeth, he turned and rushed toward the trap he had just set.

Of the twenty portions of Beast Luring Powder, six had already been eaten by enraged Earth Rock Rats that had rushed out. They were now lying dazed on the ground.

As though they were drunk.

Su Yu killed them all, one punch at a time.

He retrieved the remaining fourteen portions of Beast Luring Powder, including four portions of potent Beast Luring Powder.

Whoosh!

Su Yu suppressed his aura to the utmost limit and silently crept toward the main estate.

Fortunately, the Azure Wood Age Wheel Art he had switched to was exceptionally powerful at concealing one's aura. Once hidden, Su Yu's presence was like that of an ordinary tree.

Even when Earth Rock Rats rushed past nearby, they could not detect him.

The main estate.

Buzz!

Formation after formation activated, but before long, one formation node among them exploded with a bang, and a Formation Flag shattered.

Some formations failed outright, while others were greatly weakened, tottering on the verge of collapse and utterly unusable.

Third Elder Su Chang, who was controlling the formations, underwent a drastic change in expression. His eyes brimming with killing intent, he roared, "Where is Earth Master Guo!?"

Whoosh!

Fourth Elder Su Ruosu, still appearing as a beautiful mature woman, rushed over. Her expression was ugly to the extreme as she said, "That Guo fellow and his several apprentices are gone. The estate formations were very likely their handiwork."

Upon hearing this, Su Chang looked at the countless Earth Rock Rats charging in from every direction. Thinking of a certain possibility, his expression changed again.

"The Lin Family? Not good!"